"You don't learn CPR because you expect to use it," said Dr. Saket Girotra, a professor of medicine at UT Southwestern ...

More than half of people who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital do not receive immediate CPR, underscoring the urgent need for more widespread knowledge of how to respond when every second ...

New American Heart Association scientific statement reviews data on the experience of lay people who have performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), assessing their perspectives on what it is ...

When someone has a cardiac arrest, the actions of people nearby can make the difference between life and death. For years, ...

Friday is Restart a Heart Day, and Josh Freketic sat down with Shelly Webber, executive director of the American Heart ...

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) plays an important role in the early treatment of a heart attack if the heart stops beating. CPR is an emergency treatment. It helps keep blood moving throughout a ...

It only takes two hands to save a life. Your two hands, pushing strongly on the chest bone in a regular beat, can take the place of a heart that has stopped. In essence, you become the heart, pumping ...

Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when the heart unexpectedly stops beating, which cuts off blood flow to the brain and other organs. If not treated, it can cause death within minutes. In fact, only about ...

Helping someone in cardiac arrest is not as daunting as it seems. By Gina Kolata Before 1958, there was no such thing as CPR. If someone’s heart stopped because of cardiac arrest, that person fell to ...

Purdue Extension and Orange County 4-H Junior Leaders are offering teens an opportunity to learn lifesaving skills through a ...

Safety Training Seminars' new location will provide convenient and affordable live training services for students, businesses, and healthcare professionals.Carmel, California--(Newsfile Corp. - ...